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49689

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the ranked order of spending per person on electoral registration by local authorities was for the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	197795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A copy of the information requested by the hon. Gentleman has been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49570

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the proposed reduction in solar farm support under the Renewables Obligation on planned community-owned or shared ownership schemes.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government published the second part of our UK Solar PV Strategy Part 2 [1] on 4 April 2014. We made clear in that document that we are considering the implications of current trends of deployment in solar PV on the financial incentives available in Great Britain under the Renewables Obligation and small-scale Feed-in-Tariffs. We will issue a public consultation shortly proposing changes to financial support for solar PV.</p><p> </p><p><em>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker grouped question UIN 197716 197726 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49571

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of contracts for difference auctioning on small and medium-sized enterprises in the (a) renewable energy sector and (b) solar power industry.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department launched a consultation on our approach to competitive allocation of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) in January 2014. This included proposals to move to auctioning of CfDs from the first allocation this autumn. We carefully considered the responses to the consultation from small and medium-sized enterprises in the renewable energy sector and the solar power industry before confirming our policy position in the Government Response published on 13 May 2014. We will continue to engage with SMEs as we implement our proposals for competitive allocation to understand any difficulties they might face in participating in an auction for CfDs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49573

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of reductions to Renewables Obligation support on the quality of solar farms.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government published the second part of our UK Solar PV Strategy Part 2 [1] on 4 April 2014. We made clear in that document that we are considering the implications of current trends of deployment in solar PV on the financial incentives available in Great Britain under the Renewables Obligation and small-scale Feed-in-Tariffs. We will issue a public consultation shortly proposing changes to financial support for solar PV.</p><p> </p><p><em>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker grouped question UIN 197713 197726 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49576

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total expenditure was on Renewables Obligation support in 2013; and what proportion of such support was given to solar power.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Renewable Obligation (RO) expenditure is calculated on a financial year basis. Total expenditure in 2012/13 was £1,991m.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of this support given to solar in 2012/13 can be calculated by dividing the number of RO certificates (ROCs) redeemed by suppliers originating from solar generation (20,932) by the total number of ROCs redeemed by suppliers (44,773,499). This gives a figure of 0.05%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em></p><p><em>RO expenditure published in Ofgem's 2012/13 RO annual report, available at:</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/renewables-obligation-ro-annual-report-2012-2013" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/renewables-obligation-ro-annual-report-2012-2013</a></em></p><p> </p><p><em>2012-13 ROCs redeemed by technology available at:</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0</a> (Compliance certificates report).</em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49581

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department's proposed changes to the level of the solar PV Renewables Obligation Certificates will take effect; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government published the second part of our UK Solar PV Strategy Part 2 [1] on 4 April 2014. We made clear in that document that we are considering the implications of current trends of deployment in solar PV on the financial incentives available in Great Britain under the Renewables Obligation and small-scale Feed-in-Tariffs. We will issue a public consultation shortly proposing changes to financial support for solar PV.</p><p> </p><p><em>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker grouped question UIN 197713 197716 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49584

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much solar PV was installed under the 250kW to 5MW feed-in tariff band in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of 250kW to 5MW solar PV installations accredited under the Feed-in Tariff scheme.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>From April</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of installations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total installed capacity (kW)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>65,002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6,428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4,594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 [1]</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Installations are grouped into years based on their 'commissioning date' i.e. the date the technology was physically installed and deemed to be up and running.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>[1] Includes installations commissioned to the end of March 2014. April 2014 statistics will be published at 09:30am on Thursday 22nd May 2014 on the DECC website (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monthly-small-scale-renewable-deployment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monthly-small-scale-renewable-deployment</a>). </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49585

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much solar PV was installed under the 50kW to 5MW feed-in tariff bands in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of 50kW to 5MW solar PV installations accredited under the Feed-in Tariff scheme.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>From April</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of installations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total installed capacity (kW)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p> </p><p>11</p></td><td><p>956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>84,478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>36,878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>30,071</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 [1]</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Installations are grouped into years based on their 'commissioning date' i.e. the date the technology was physically installed and deemed to be up and running.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>[1] Includes installations commissioned to the end of March 2014. April 2014 statistics will be published at 09:30am on Thursday 22nd May 2014 on the DECC website (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monthly-small-scale-renewable-deployment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monthly-small-scale-renewable-deployment</a>).</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49588

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the government subsidy for power generation by (a) biomass and (b) heat generation by biomass in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	197672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The total future subsidy cost of power generation by biomass will depend on future deployment of this technology, which is uncertain, as this will depend on the relative costs of this technology going forward. Given these uncertainties the EMR Delivery Plan, included a number of illustrative deployment scenarios (see table below). However, these scenarios are for illustration and are not exhaustive.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Technology</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GB Deployment by 2020 (GW)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Biomass Conversions</p></td><td><p>1.7 – 3.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dedicated Biomass</p></td><td><p>0.5 – 0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dedicated Biomass with Combined Heat and Power (CHP)</p></td><td><p>c. 0.3 – 0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Conversion Technologies (ACTs) with and without CHP</p></td><td><p>c. 0.2 – 0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anaerobic Digestion (AD) with and without CHP</p></td><td><p>c. 0.3 – 0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy from Waste with CHP</p></td><td><p>c. 0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Landfill Gas</p></td><td><p>c. 0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sewage Gas</p></td><td><p>c. 0.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below summarises the tariffs avaliable for heat generation by biomass through the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), expected heat production and expenditure in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>In the December 2013 Government Response “Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive: Improving Support, Increasing Uptake” Government confirmed it would be introducing tariffs for medium and large biogas combustion and increase the tariff for large biomass and biomass CHP. Subject to parliamentary process, the intention is for this to be in place in spring 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Tariff available in 2014/15</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Heat produced in 2015/16 supported by RHI (TWh)</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>RHI Expenditure in 2015/16 (£m, nominal)</em></strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Total RHI</em></strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>5.2-7.4 TWh</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>£300-£426m</em></strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Small Biomass Boilers (&lt;200kW)</strong></p></td><td><p>Tier 1: 8.8p/kWh Tier 2: 2.3p/kWh<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>1.1-1.3 TWh</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£76-92m</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Medium Biomass Boilers (200-999kW)</strong></p></td><td><p>Tier 1: 5.1p/kWh Tier 2: 2.2p/kWh<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>1.7-1.9 TWh</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£67-73m</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Large Biomass Boilers (&gt;1MW)</strong></p></td><td><p>Currently: 1p/kWh New Tariff: 2p/kWh</p></td><td><p>0.8-1.2 TWh</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£10-19m</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Biomass CHP</strong></p></td><td><p>New Tariff: 4.1p/kWh</p></td><td><p>0.2-0.9 TWh</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£8-£37m</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p><strong>Biogas and Biomethane Injection</strong></p></td><td><p>Small Biogas (&lt;200kW): 7.5p/kWh</p></td><td rowspan="4"><p>0.7-1.1 TWh</p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="4"><p>£54-82m</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>New Tariff: Medium Biogas (200-599kW): 5.9p/kWh</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>New Tariff: Large Biogas (600kW+): 2.2p/kWh</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Biomethane Tariff: 7.5p/kWh<sup>2</sup></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Domestic Biomass Boilers<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>12.2p/kWh</p></td><td><p>0.05 - 0.15 TWh</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£6-19m</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>1</sup> The tier 1 tariff is paid on the first 1,314 hours of eligible heat production, any eligible heat produced after this will receive the tier 2 tariff.</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>2</sup> In February 2014 DECC announced an early review of the biomethane tariff, a consultation on this is expected shortly</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>3</sup> Does not include RHI Legacy applications, we anticipate that they will cost approximately £9m in 2015/16</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These tariffs are for 2014/15 and are increased by RPI each year. New applicants are potentially subject to degressions (reductions in payment) if demand reaches certain pre-set triggers.</p><p> </p><p>Deployment potential beyond 2015/16 will depend on the Government's 2015 spending review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

49589

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the government subsidy for biomass power generation was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	197673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The main mechanism of support for biomass [1] power generation is the Renewables Obligation (RO). An estimate of support can be made by applying the share of RO certificates (ROCs) redeemed by suppliers, originating from biomass generation, to overall RO expenditure. This is given in the table below for 2008/09 to 2012/13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>RO total expenditure (£m)</p></td><td><p>Biomass share of ROCs redeemed</p></td><td><p>Estimated biomass support under the RO (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>1,036</p></td><td><p>20.1%</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1,119</p></td><td><p>17.5%</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,285</p></td><td><p>18.0%</p></td><td><p>231</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,458</p></td><td><p>16.0%</p></td><td><p>233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,991</p></td><td><p>18.1%</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>RO expenditure published in Ofgem's RO annual reports, available at: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/renewables-obligation-ro" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/renewables-obligation-ro</a></p><p> </p><p>ROCs redeemed by technology available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0</a> <em>(Compliance certificates report).</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>[1] There is no single category for “biomass” under the RO. In this answer, we have defined biomass as the following generation types: dedicated biomass, co-firing, gasification and unspecified biomass. </em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer